St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
SMALL SCORES SARAH.
The Evangelist Refers to the Actress in
Language of the Most Oaustic
Character,
vaying She Goes About the Country Flaunt-
ing Skirts Of Infamy in Decent
Peoples Faces,
And That Not Dozen People Who
See Her Would Allow Her TO
Cross Their Thresholds.
The Afternoon Meetings Abandoned
--Full Report of Mr.. Small's
Evening Discourse.

At the Hennepn avenue church yester
day morning Bishop Foss made few pre-
liminary remarks. after which Sam Small
preached the sermon. After calling down
the blessing of God on the daily papers, he
paid attention TO the divine SARAH III the
following language.
Suppose you knew two of your neighbors
who had Two tickets for Bernhardt tonight,
how would you go TO work to get them TO give
them up and go 10 the Exposition tonight?
And how about the one you've got in your
pocket yourself? Don't you know that ticket
endangers your salvation? Now can you give
up your So and the privilege of telling your
neighbor that you saw Bernhardt and go to
the Exposition tonight and pray for the SAL
vaUon of your son and daughter? Common
decency should keep everybody from that
opera house to-night-to see Il woman whose
Only notorietyi is tlthiness, and yet thousands
will pay So to $40 to see filthineSs. Out OF all
who see her there aren't dozen who would
allow that woman i'll her infamy 10 cross
their thresholds. YET she goes around this
country Haunting her skirts of infany in the
faces OF decent people. Suppose the paper
tomorrow says DR.. Van Anda and wife occu-
pied box AT the theater last night. Yet he
has got as much right there as you have. He
took no stronger oath than you did when he
joined the church. God won't send you 10
hell for going TO the theater, but He will for
arjuring yourself before Him, for you said
you would honor Him and serve Him.
Sam Small addressed a large audience
last night. Jones absence does not abate
the interest, which is steadily Increasing.
The afternoon meetings have been discon-
tinued. Mr.. Small said:
How many OF you people, who have been
saved by the blood OF Christ, here Tonight
will pray while preach; that the word of
God, with its quickeniug power be made to
reach the hearts OF those who are as yet I'M
redeemed? There is more power in your
prayers than in my preaching. But there is
more power in the word of God than there is
in both, if you will but put pressure upon il.
God will sanctfy it. L do not want to preach
more than
THIRTY MINUTES
tonight if can help myself, but when / am
preaching forget all about time. | cannot
carry watches in my head the sense of
time. If l do not stop when my time is up
want the reporters in front of me TO rap me
down.
ask your attention prayerfully to this fact
as suggested by the eighteenth verse of the
third chapter of st. Johns gospel.
The gospel of Jesus Christ accord
ing to st. John. The third and eight
zenith verses: He that belieVeth on me ION
Jesus CHRISTI, he that beleveth on me is NOT
condemned But he that believeth not on me
is condemned already" because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten
Son OF God. And the last verse of the chapter
we have IL slightly varied from that; some of
Us appreciate perhaps more keenly, He
that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life And he that believeth not on the Son
shall never see hight but the wrath of God
abidcth on HIM. | do not know. yon do not
know, and we shall never know this side of
the knowledge and wisdom of God that may
be revealed TO US in eternity, why il was that
God set. up his only begotten son, Jesus
Christ, as the center and standard of our
faith. Theology may try to explain it, and
theology may give Il hundred
DIFFERENT REASONS,
each one of which may be satisfactory to
some individual soul and may give it perfect
confidence and perfect rest and peace. But
as to the determined counsel of God, and why
ii was thar he made Jesus Christ the center
OF our faith, the object on whom we must
believe, the person on whom we must believe
in order that we might have eternal
life, in order that we might be
saved, in order that our souls NAV
live forever, we will never know this side OF
eternity. But. thank God it is sufficient, for
all my faith to know this much. God mas
said it is so; God has fixed it so; God has
pointed out Jesus Christ to me and fixed upon
Him as my Savior, and it is enough for me
that God has said to me ''believe on my only
begotten son, Jesus Christi
THERE Is NO PHILOSOPHY,
luefe IS no speculation, there IS no posi-
biity, there is no other person, there is no
other order of faith. There is nothing and
no one else in the universe of God. who can
save you and on whom you must believe for
salvation except Jesus Christ. But, until you
can show living men the grave story of God
man must believe this fact, and man must be
saved by this fact; and men must put their
saving faith upon this declaration by God or
else they must be condemned and be
damned and inhabit hell through eternity 1t
is not for you and TO discuss why God said
so, why God made it so, but accept the fact
from God that it is So and go to work upon
the fact, seeking our salvation, and when we
have found out working out, until we are
safe in the haven of eternal rest. He that
beieveth in Jesus Christ is not condemned"
Brethren, If you should believe that fact to-
night with all the power of your SOUL wouldn't
you be one of the happiest men that ever
went out of q building in Minneapolis?
WHAT Is 1T
that is the matter with YOU now? What is If
that causes you to hesitate? What is it that
causes you 10 be undecided Oh this question
OF religion and morality and Christianity and
salvation? What is it that is giving you pain
and creating doubt, and disturbing the even
tenor of your way? What is the matter with
you tonight except the knowledge of the fact
that You are in the presence Of Christ and
you are under the condemnation of God.
suppose this were the code of the state OF
Minnesota, containing all the laws Of Mime
sotu, ana should say TO us, "All that believe
on the law OF the state of Minnesota, and
Keeps that law and follows in in all his trans
actions, who respects Il and reyeres in and
obeys it is not condemned by the law of Min
nesota or the people OF Minnesota" You
would say that is true, would you not? Is
not that true? Why, certainly. You say the
Jaw could not bring in any charge agalus.
you. You
COULD NOT BE INDICTED
because have kept that law There il no
sherlE that could stop me on the highway and
arrest me, because there is not ANYTHING
against me. agree to the law, and the law
mas not got any charge to lay against me. God
says: HE that believeth in the Lord Jesus
CHRIST, His only begotten son, is not con-
demned. If you believe in the Lord Jesus
christ you agree with Him, you love, you re-
spect Him, you revere His teachings
and you obey his commandments. And the
closer you obey his commandment the surer
you are that God is not condemn;ne you Is
not that fact?
This unfortunate old gentleman found
murdered in his restaurant. What about the
man who did the deed, Is he condemned?
Ihey nave not caught him. He may be a
hundred miles from here by this time. But
is he condemned? The law says If he is
found and cannot Justify himself he is O.
murderer and shall be
HANGED BY THE NECK
until he is dead, dead, dead; the law of Min
nesota has condemned any man who commits
murder God says thou shalt not kill. God
has given you his law, you know what it is,
and He has told you you should believe in
the Lord Jesus Christ and keep the COM
mandments, and you have reckessly
refused to believe and obey. Now, what is
to keep you from being condemned. God
says, HE that belieyeth not is condemned
and condemned already" If you are not a
believer, if you are not walking by the pre-
cepts and commandments OF Jesus Christ,
and if they are not the supreme and highest